#dftba records

[evapillar]

I genuinely can’t tell if SciShow Tangents did a Hanukkah episode on purpose or if this was a complete coincidence

[loremori]

Martin Freeman (235/366)

📺|Sherlock (2010–2017) Writer & Creator Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat

Modernized version of the Conan Doyle characters. Risa Rodil art: Ty Mattson + Olly Moss + Saul Bass inspired.

[adz]

i had this dream last night, totally out of nowhere. that Tom Milsom released new music. i mean, i guess he could’ve, i wouldn’t know, i’m not keeping tabs. Tom Milsom? oh he was like one of the original tumblr seapunks, infamously did a cover of 212 where he said the word, got cancelled for sex crimes. it was around the same time as the Nerimon thing. they were close friends actually. Nerimon? yeah they were both british youtubers, both got cancelled for sex crimes in similar circumstances. they were in the same circle as this trans girl who goes by Charlotte now, she’s cool though. this was pre-transition. ah you’re not familiar? her and Nerimon were in this trock band called Chameleon Circuit together. oh trock? it stands for time rock, uh, it’s rock music about the show Doctor Who. you know, cause he’s the time lord. a lot of trock artists were on DFTBA Records together. you know DFTBA right? it stands for “don’t forget to be awesome,” it was started by the Vlogbrothers. ahh so, the Vlogbrothers kinda originally got famous for this long-running vlog series where they’d trade off each week addressing their video to the other brother, but then they each independently got famous. one did a lot of science education stuff, and the other wrote some really popular YA novels, but then had the whole “cock is one of my favorite tastes” thing happen,

[vlogbrothershistory]

November 24 in Vlogbrothers History

2007: November 23rd: BLACK FRIDAY!

2008: DFTBA Records

2009: 50 THINGS!! That I'm Thankful For

2010: Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places)

2011: Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous

2012: Black Friday: An Accident of History

2015: Crime and Outrage

2017: The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!)

2020: personal risk | societal risk

2023: It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday

[honor-among-thieves]

Let's not forget this happened. I'm going to link the Wiki page because all record of this incident has basically been scrubbed from the Internet, and I'm going to trigger warn right here for sexual abuse of minors

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFTBA_Records

It's actually wild to me that the cock monologue and people accusing John Green of being creepy are what was remembered, because this didn't happen in a bubble, and people were fully aware this scandal was going on at the exact same time.

Like yeah, they weren't the perpetrators but a lot of people highly suspect there was no way they couldn't have known what was going on. They were the bosses of these people. ALL ARTISTS. ALL OF THEM.

Your mileage may vary on where you want to hold the Green brother's accountable for this stuff, but let's not forget there were actual victims, and let's not let this story get buried under a narrative that it was only John and Hank.

The Green brothers are great, fun creators and never deserved the hate they got on tumblr. Yes John got the most of it but Hank was called cringe and all they ever really did was exist on the internet earnestly and not be super ironic or sarcastic and just want to create a space for nerds that is completely different to the persecuted nerd men that dominate on spaces like twitter and Reddit. Nerdfighteria was a movement populated by nerdy teen women (and guys as well!) and it just wanted to be welcoming.

[lemonyandbeatrice]

john green deleting his Tumblr means you can't find the post where he said it was okay for laci green to say the t-slur by typing out the t-slur and sending his fans at a trans person who said "hey maybe don't say the t-slur"

you also can't find where he said that mike lombardo, post being arrested by the FBI, was not actually associated with nerdfighteria even though he was on the dftba record label

you also can't find the post where he got mad at a teenage girl for being uncomfortable with how he engaged with his fan base of teenage girls

[road2nf]

to be myself, embrace my quirks and above all realize my dream: to live in 10 different countries

The Nerdfighter community has helped me realize that I’m not alone. At school, I was a geek, nerd, freak, etc. Sometimes I felt really self-conscious, but I usually ignored it.

Then I read Paper Towns. There were some links in the back of the book, so I started watching the Vlogbrothers. That, in turn, led me to the online community.

I’ve made a lot of friends that are really rad. After a while, I also began watching Crash Course. They’ve helped me study for multiple tests. Also, I felt a lot more inspired to do things important to me. Music is one of the most important things in my life, but I didn’t know what to write about. Some of the artists on DFTBA Records reminded me that you should write for yourself. If Doctor Who is the only thing I can relate to, it’s 100% okay to write a song about it, and maybe someone else will like it too. I just want to thank them both for starting this and becoming so relevant to my life.

- Marissa (Thehillsarealivewithfangirls.tumblr)

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Nerdfighteria, and of course the Vlogbrothers, has given me confidence to be myself, embrace my quirks and above all realize my dream: to live in 10 different countries.

I’m on number 7 and I couldn’t have done it without this awesome community

- spearmintsorbet

[kushblazer666]

really great that a full half of the ‘history’ tab on dftba records wiki page is just detailing the various sex criminals that hank green signed

[notaplaceofhonour]

Resisting the urge to “Why Is No One Talking About This” this, but outside of replies to my own posts [Exhibit A, Exhibit B] about it, I have seen maybe one or two people even mention the radicalization of DropOut, and seen zero people mention the fact that the platform is a hub for multiple “Media Empires”, from the Green Brothers, to The McElroys, to Critical Role.

I often feel, when I talk about anything to do with Antizionism, like I did in 2019-2020 when I was saying “hey this QAnon stuff is pretty concerning”, and most of the people I mentioned it to were like “uh, yeah, okay… sure…” until January 6th, 2021.

And I’m aware this specific case of DropOut is probably not what most people, even those who are worried about I/P being used to radicalize people, are immediately concerned about. After all, a bunch of improv nerds playing tabletop games & panel game shows (however bigoted or misguided) are hardly Hamas fighters. DropOut is just one relatively small link in the chainmail, so to speak.

But damn if it isn’t a significant link if it can connect maybe 80% of the media I (and many of my friends) cared most about in the last half decade within 2 degrees of separation.

I’m obviously not afraid of Brennan Lee Mulligan walking into a synagogue with a bomb strapped to his chest or leading a brutal militia in some kind of wannabe Bolshevik Revolution. What I am worried about is him (and Sam Reich, and Ally, and others in the cast, and associated guests from Hank Green and Matt Mercer) putting a fun, friendly face to the pipeline that pushes people in the orbit of people who want to convince them that maybe, just maybe, it wouldn’t be so bad if some other people did. I’m concerned about DropOut pushing JVP/SJP-style propaganda (both in employees’ social media & in campaigns), pushing people towards JVP & associated organizations, which themselves push people towards terror groups like the PFLP.

I’m concerned about The McElroys fundraising for PCRF, an organization with concerning ties, run by openly antisemitic people, that pushes antisemitic narratives. I’m concerned about the Green Brothers fundraising for UNRWA, which Hamas is heavily embedded in, and whose employees participated in the October 7th attacks. I’m concerned about the broader pattern of radicalization that this represents.

I’m concerned about queer nerdy neurodivergent people like me who grew up on Vlogbrothers or John Green novels or DFTBA records, who go to VidCon, who watch Polygon & Game Changers & SciShow & Brian David Gilbert & GeoTheBio & Worthikids & ContraPoints & Tom Cardy & follow fandom artists & cosplayers & listen to D20 & The Adventure Zone & MBMBAM & Sawbones & Delete This! & Chappell Roan & You’re Wrong About (or G-d forbid QAA & Behind the Bastards) & Conspirituality & Knowledge Fight & whoever else and are now surrounded by a media ecosystem in which many of its members are slowly (or perhaps in some cases not so slowly) tilting its floor into a funnel towards extreme, violent organizations.

I’m concerned about the people who aren’t connected to or knowledgeable enough about I/P to recognize that’s what’s happened. I’m concerned about the people who are and now find themselves losing comfort media, losing safety & feeling seen in their fandoms, losing community.

Idk if people know. Idk if they want to. Idk if anyone outside of like a handful of (let’s be real, mostly only Jewish) former DropOut fans are ever going to care.

The fact that a significant amount of influential & prolific people in the internet media landscape—several of whom have been so influential & prolific that their ventures have been described in media profiles as media “Empires”—are at most 2 degrees of separation from individuals actively promoting the manifesto of a terrorist organization involved in the October 7th massacre is truly, mind-bogglingly concerning.

[honor-among-thieves]

Bringing up the DFTBA records scandal and talking about it with a friend just has me want to throw out that I don't think Hank and John should be like... forever held accountable for it (or at least, it isn't up to me personally if they are). I also don't really have any strong feelings about either of them, negative or otherwise. I was active in some parts of Nerdfighteria around that time and dropped off because I felt they were both too politically center for my tastes as I started to come into adulthood.

My interest is solely making sure we don't completely forget that this happened, because people are unaware of it and it's important in the story of everything that happened after.

[rosiethorns88]

With the Mike Wazowski epidemic plaguing Carry On & Wayward Son covers, the clear solution here is to simply implement an additional decoy dust jacket!

✨

Super fun opportunity for an Olga Grlic color study - so inspirational!

[lunalovegood2]

It's the most wonderful time of the year! 🍕 (x)

[isjohngreenmybestfriendyet]

Day 2464:

Johh Green is not my best friend yet. 

[kiwibee]

I’m in love with these three goofballs

[road2nf]

I felt a lot more inspired to do things important to me

The Nerdfighter community has helped me realize that I’m not alone. At school, I was a geek, nerd, freak, etc. Sometimes I felt really self conscious, but I usually ignored it.

Then I read Paper Towns. There were some links in the back of the book, so I started watching the Vlogbrothers. That, in turn, led me to the online community.

I’ve made a lot of friends that are really rad. After a while, I also began watching Crash Course. They’ve helped me study for multiple tests. Also, I felt a lot more inspired to do things important to me. Music is one of the most important things in my life, but I didn’t know what to write about. Some of the artists on DFTBA Records reminded me that you should write for yourself. If Doctor Who is the only thing I can relate to, it’s 100% okay to write a song about it, and maybe someone else will like it too. I just want to thank them both for starting this and becoming so relevant to my life.

Marissa (Thehillsarealivewithfangirls.tumblr)

[effyeahnerdfighters]

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